The victorious life is the crucified life. Anger, bitterness, jealousy, self-pity and other fleshly sins no longer rise up in our lives if we have nailed them to the cross. This is how you live in victory in your home. Read also Galatians 2:20; Romans 8:13; and Colossians 3:12, 13. #crucifiedtotheflesh #thecrucifiedlife #alivetojesuschrist #liveinvictory #aboverubies
“Heaven on earth.” Is it possible? Jesus told us to pray: "As in heaven, so in earth" (Luke 11:2). That’s a huge prayer, isn’t it? But it’s what He asked us to do.
Lift your vision higher today, dear mother. God wants His will to be accomplished in your home just as in His heavenly home. He wants the atmosphere of heaven to be the atmosphere of your home. As He fills heaven, He wants to fill your home with His presence. Will you let Him?
Yes, that means in the midst of your frustrations and challenges of training your children. Often it doesn’t happen, because we live in the shallow and don’t realize this is God’s plan for us.
Think on this truth and confess it out loud over and over again today: "As in heaven, so in earth." Now make it a little more personal: "As in God’s home, so in my home!"
Amen and amen.
Be blessed today,
Love from Nancy Campbell
I was amazed to read about some of the sons of Israel. I Chronicles 12:14-15 (NASB) says: “The sons of Gad were captains of the army; he who was least was equal to a hundred and the greatest to a thousand. These are the ones, who crossed the Jordan . . . when it was overflowing all its banks and they put to flight all those in the valleys, both to the east and to the west.”
What a vision! To raise a son who is equal to a hundred men! Or a son who is equal to a thousand other men! Wouldn’t that be amazing? In I Chronicles 26:29-31 we read about “capable men” and also “men of outstanding capability.”
Don’t aim for raising sons and daughters that are status quo and like everyone else around. Aim your vision higher. Educate children who will think like God thinks instead of the “dumbing down” spirit of this world. Raise sons and daughters who “know their God” and who will be “strong, and do exploits” (Daniel 11:32).
This morning I read the familiar Scripture in Matthew 5:13 how God wants us to be the salt of the earth. I checked the TPT and read: “Your lives are like salt among the people. But if you, like salt, become bland, how can your ‘saltiness’ be restored? Flavorless salt is good for nothing and will be thrown out and trampled on by others.”
I picked up on the word BLAND! Oh, isn’t that such a boring word? I don’t like bland food And I don’t like being bland myself. I don’t want my children to be bland. I want them to change the world.
We, and our children, will never be world changers if we are bland—normal, average, mediocre, middle of the road, lukewarm, ordinary! God does not intend us or our children to live this way. Jesus says in John 10:10 that He came to give us LIFE. But more than that. He came to give us life MORE ABUNDANTLY!
That does not mean bland! The word “abundantly” means “superabundant, excessive, exceedingly, beyond measure, vehemently.” How can we live bland lives when Jesus Christ, the Son of God lives within us?
Let’s not be satisfied with being bland ourselves. Let’s not be content to raise children who are bland. We are raising them to be the salt of the earth. To flavor everyone they meet with God’s life and truth. To fear God rather than man, for salt will often sting, but we and our children will not be afraid to speak the truth. For the truth, when it is received, restores, heals, and liberates.
Blessings to you today,
Nancy Campbell
Picture: Mother, as you raise mighty sons and daughters, you are pouring out salt upon the earth.
A word of encouragement does wonders. Loving words break down barriers. Sweet words break the hardest bone. Saying sorry heals wounds. #lovingwords #encouragingwords #kindwords #forgivingwords #strengthenyourmarriage #aboverubies #nancycampbell
You’re pregnant? But you are scared to tell your parents or parents-in-law! You know you’ll get a negative reaction (or maybe even a violent reaction)! Can I encourage you that you only have to get through the next few months. When your precious baby is born, their hearts will change. No one can resist a baby!
Your parents and friends have this negative reaction because they have been brainwashed to have this response. Society, the media, and the education system all teach that you shouldn’t have too many babies. Instead, they want you to give your life to a career or a job that you will leave behind and which will have little impact on the nation or eternity! Their minds have been conditioned to believe lies from Satan who hates life.
But don’t lose heart. They’ll love your baby when he or she arrives!
Every new baby is a revelation of God to the world They are part of God’s kingdom. Jesus said in Matthew 19;14 (ESV): “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.”
You are helping to establish the kingdom of God on earth, and in heaven. Lift up your head and rejoice.
Blessings from Nancy Campbell
When you get up get dressed ready for another day in your great career of mothering. You will accomplish your great work far better when dressed appropriately! Don’t hang around in pajamas or bathrobe! You are in the service of the King of kings. #getdressed #highcallingofmotherhood #motherhoodadventure #powerofmotherhood #ilovemotherhood #aboverubies #nancycampbell
I have been thinking more about the Scripture I posted below. God is a jealous God. He commands: “Thou shalt have no other gods before me” (Exodus 20:3). He wants our undivided loyalty. Look at this example of those who went after other gods (Deuteronomy 13:13-18).
We are to portray this same relationship in our marriages. We know that God planned marriage to be a picture of the relationship between Christ and the church ((Ephesians 5:22-33). Therefore, as we picture this, we should have no divided loyalty in our marriages.
I was amazed some time back to read a Facebook post from a wife asking if it was okay to have a special friendship with another male. I answered in the negative but was surprised to read many answers from “Christian” wives that it was totally okay. “What’s wrong with your husband that he won’t let you have a friendship with another male?” “What’s wrong with going out to lunch and enjoying friendship with another male?”
However, this is totally foreign to God’s plan. When a couple get married, that is the end of any other “personal” friendship with another male! Period. Do you remember your marriage vows when the minister asks: “Will you take this woman to be your lawfully wedded wife? Will you love her, honor and keep her in sickness and in health and FORSAKING ALL OTHERS keep her only unto you so long as you both shall live.”?
By the way, the marriage of the wife that asked this question ended. Always the end result of divided loyalty. Of course, you can have friends of the opposite sex that you enjoy together with your husband, but never separately from your marriage. This is divided loyalty.
God does not want us to be “two-souled” in our relationship with Him or in our marriages.
Be blessed,
Nancy Campbell
God does not accept divided loyalties. In the same chapter He says that if we are a friend of the world we are an enemy if God. The big question: Are we God’s friend or His enemy? #friendorenemy #purifyyourheart #undividedloyalty #jesusislord #aboverubies #nancycampbell
Do you read God's Word and not get anything out of it? Do you hear preaching and yet not get anything? We must do more than read and listen. We must RECEIVE! James 1:21 says: “RECEIVE with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls."
When you open God’s Word, get into the mode of RECEIVING, even when you don't like what it says! As you read the Word, respond with, “Yes, Lord, I receive this rebuke.” “Yes, Lord, thank You for this promise.” “Yes, Lord, I will obey Your Word.”
I am currently reading the wonderful biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer who was an intelligent and gifted theologian. However, he gradually learned to read the Bible not so much from a textual criticism point of view, but instead to receive it into his life. He wrote: “Just as we do not grasp the words of someone we love by taking them to bits, but by simply receiving them . . . so it will be with the words of the Bible. Only if we will venture to enter into the words of the Bible, as though in them this God were speaking to us who loves us . . . shall we learn to rejoice I the Bible . . . Since I have learned to read the Bible in this way . . . it becomes every day more wonderful to me.”
The New American Standard Bible says: “In humility RECEIVE the word IMPLANTED which is able to save your souls." When a baby is conceived, if it doesn't implant, it will die. If the Word is not IMPLANTED into our lives, it will be ineffective.
Let the Word implant in you! Teach your children how to read and hear God’s Word by receiving it into their lives, too. This is when it has the power to save their souls.
Be blessed today,
Nancy Campbell
You would think it would be a holy task to be a priest, wouldn't you? Would you like to know some of their holy tasks? They had to take charge of the utensils, counting them when they were brought in and out . . . look after the furniture in the Holy Place . . . . oversee the flour, wine and oil. . . mix the spices . . . bake bread every week . . . and take responsibility over the things baked in pans" (1 Chronicles 9:28-32).
Such menial tasks! And yet the Levites and priests were "set apart" by God for these appointed tasks.
Dear mother, do you sometimes think that many of your tasks are menial? No, nothing you do in your home is unimportant in God’s eyes. Every task, whether big or small, is a sacred task. Your home is a sanctuary and therefore everything you do it in it is a holy task.
Your mothering is a sacred task. An eternal calling. A powerful work. Like the Levites and priests of old, you have been set apart by God for this ministry in your home. It is a high calling to take charge of your kitchen, cook meals, bake bread, and care for your family.
It is hallowed work, especially when you do it unto the Lord!
Enjoy a wonderful day in your home today,
Nancy Campbell
Every conception is a visitation from God. It is a miracle. God calls conception, pregnancy, and birth the “glory” of the nation. Let’s embrace God’s beautiful plan. #withchild #mothering #ilovemotherhood #powerofmotherhood #gloryofthenation #aboverubies#nancycampbell
At the end of each creating day, God stated, "It is good!" Wouldn't it be great to say at the end of your day, "It’s been a good day"? Maybe you don't always think your days are good days! You feel overwhelmed and wonder what you are accomplishing. Dear mother, God's Word tells you that "loving your husband, loving your children, and keeping the home, etc." are “GOOD” things
Look out for the word GOOD in these Scriptures: 1 Timothy 5:10 and Titus 2:3-5.
If you say and do something loving to your husband today, it is a GOOD DAY! If you manage to do your laundry, dishes, and prepare nutritious meals for your family, it is a GOOD DAY. If you nurse your baby and spend time loving your children and reading to them, it is GOOD DAY!
When your husband arrives home this evening, instead of groaning about all the problems, confess to him: “It’s been a GOOD day, Darling (and especially now you have arrived home!”
Have a good day.
Love from Nancy Campbell
Painting by PHOEBE WAHL
We accomplish so much more when we have purpose, don’t we? Are you mothering with purpose? Here is a Mission Statement for you as a wife and mother. You may like to print it our and pin it up in your kitchen as a daily reminder.
I am . . .
M Mothering with passion!
I Inviting God into every situation I face today!
S Serving with joy, even in the routine and mundane!
S Saturating my husband and children with love and encouragement!
I Intercepting the devil's attacks with prayer and praise!
O Overflowing with joy and thankfulness!
N Nurturing my children with God's anointing!
“Thank you, Lord, for the privilege of being part of the greatest mission on earth. Amen.”
Many blessings to you today from Nancy Campbell
Swiss Genre Painter: Albert Anker (1831-1910).
That means revealing Jesus in my home—in all my actions and reactions, to my husband and to my children. And not just when everything is peaceful, but even when it is chaotic. Challenging, isn’t it? #abidinginchrist #christinme #christinyouthehoopeofglory #jesusinmyhome #motherhood #ilovemotherhood #ilovescripture #aboverubies #nancycampbell
Never waver. Never compromise. Never give up. Never luke-warm. Never mediocre. Never average. Never middle-of-the-road. God wants us to be HOT for Him. Rev 3:16 says: “Because thou art like-warm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth.” #hotforgod #passionateforgod #ilovescripture #neverlukewarm #aboverubies #nancycampbell
To be passionate is to feel strongly about something, to be willing to sacrifice to accomplish it. It is purposeful mothering. It is knowing you have been commissioned by God for this high calling. Therefore, you don’t allow too many other things and diversions crowd out your divine calling. Know your purpose and you fulfill it. #highcalling #commisionedbygod #powerofmotherhood #ilovemotherhood #mothering #ihaveapurpose #motherhoodquote #aboverubies #nancycampbell
How we need to cry out for discernment. There are so many good things we can get involved in but they are not necessarily the best for us or God’s perfect will for our family. As you go in to this New Year, guard against spreading yourself and your family too thin. Do the things that keep your family together; that’s building your family. Eliminate the things that separate you as a family; that’s weakening your family. #buildyourmarriage #buildyourfamily #strengthenyourfamily #discernment #choosethebest #dontbedeceived #motherhoodquote #aboverubies #nancycampbell
A dear friend, Patricia Holmes writes from up in the mountains of Panama. Patricia ministers as a missionary among the indigenous people up there. I agree with what she has to say in this email:
“I have long been a critter-lover. But there is one critter that I find to be disgusting, both in appearance and habits. I find no socially redeeming qualities in this creepy critter!
Recently, I saw a picture of an old lion sitting and surrounded by a pack of 20 hyenas . . . despicable hyenas! The lion was in real trouble, and he knew it. The hyenas had not yet attacked the lion, but they were closing in for the kill. To be sure, the lion would be able to take down a few of the hyenas, but what was left of the pack would take down the lion.
In his extremity the lion called out. Thankfully, another lion came to his aid. The hyenas knew that to attack two lions . . . they could do it but would lose many of their pack (an “unacceptable loss” to the pack). Instead, they withdrew and let the lions go.
I immediately thought of our president, Donald Trump . . . and the hyena pack surrounding him in Washington. No matter which way he turns, no matter what he does, the “pack” attacks him. Why? Because Mr. Trump is a Nationalist, and the “pack” are Globalists.
As I looked at the picture and learned of the arrival of the second lion (that rescued the first), I began to pray for Mr. Trump. I prayed that God will give him great wisdom and that God will send another lion to “cover his back.”
As I thought on this, I “saw” a mental picture (of sorts) of a group of lions surrounding the first two . . . and the hyenas backed further away. Then, in the picture I saw the circle of lions became flames . . . a wall of fire (the prayers of the saints?) around the old lion and his rescuer. The hyenas were (by
then) nowhere to be seen.
Dear ones, America is hanging in the balance. If the "Deep State" is able to take down Mr. Trump, it is likely that they will take down America too. After all, they're Globalists: their purpose is to bring about a New World Order (a one-world system), replacing the old system of nation-states. (As Angela Merkel recently said: "Nations must be prepared to give up their national sovereignty." Angela Merkel is a Globalist.)
Not long ago, this thought came to me (and I believe it was from Holy Spirit): "What they are now doing to Trump, they will do to you who are Christians." That is, relentless and unending enemy attacks from all sides!
Folks, we'd better get ready! We need to pray such that our prayers build a “wall of fire” (Zechariah 2:5) around the President, and around each other! We better live in a state of continual repentance and drawing close to God. Daily, daily, daily. And we'd better pray as if our nation depended upon it. It does!
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I pray God’s richest blessings upon you and your family in this coming year. I know this may not mean that everything will be plain sailing. We will all face challenges and difficulties. But we can face the year with confidence and hope knowing that God is working out everything for good and for His eternal plans. We know our God is faithful and we can trust Him wholly and completely. No matter what we face we are anchored with His underlying joy, peace, and rest. Amen. #amen #happynewyear #trustgod #trustgodsplan #godisbiggerthanyourcircum
Robyn Wales from Australia writes on 12/27: “I thought you’d like to see my very special Christmas table cloth. I bought the material at a craft shop in Sydney many years ago and it adorns our table every Christmas. Tonight it is set up outside for a feast of “leftovers.”
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Don’t forget, our Downunder friends enjoy a summer Christmas. Many families in the more tropical parts, enjoy an outside barbecue for Christmas. Although when we lived in Queensland in the heat, we still kept to our very English Christmas of roast dinner and plum duff etc. every year! Even though we ate with the sweat pouring down our faces!
I have to admit that I love winter Christmases. I love the atmosphere of the warm fire, the twinkling lights, and snow outside (although we haven't had snow yet this winter)!
~ Nancy
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